The last round of the WC AT 2007 has ended. It was a very dramatic ending with full of excitement! Congratulations to the three medalists: Wu Di, Konstantin Chingin and Yusui Yamaguchi!!
Sushkov got the 4th place after dramatic loss in the last round.Taimla could not find the win against Kozhin and therefore also missed his chance to get the 3rd place at the end and dropped to the 6th place. Purk made a nice finish and got the 5th place. Savrasova still secure the important 7th place despite unlucky finish.
Wu Di has now the Personal Place for next World Championship in 2007. The national seats for places 2-7 are as follows: Russia - 3 seats, Estonia - 2 seats, Japan - 1 seat.
The standings after the final round (points, Berger):
Wu, Di Chi 9 44,50 Chingin, K. Rus 8 37,75 Yamaguchi, Y. Jap 7 31,00 Sushkov, V. Rus 7 29,00 Purk, A. Est 6 32,00 Taimla, T. Est 6 31,50 Savrasova, Y. Rus 6 32,75 Karlsson, S. Swe 4 20,25 Okabe, H. Jap 3 11,75 Kozhin, M. Rus 3 15,50 Iio, Y. Jap 3 14,50 Oll, A. Est 2 7,50
All the 66 games of AT are available in www.renju.net, big thanks to Ants Soosyrv for his hard work of publishing games!!